Moscow (7/20). Monument “To the Conquerors of Space”… with Iuri Aleksèievitx Gagarin (Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин), and the first women in the space: Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва).

Moscow (6/20). Relay ceremony in the Kremlin presidential guard.

Moscow (5/20). Inside the Kremlin. Not allowed to make pictures ;-).

Moscow (4/20). The Kremlin (Моско́вский Кремль). Includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. (63 pictures)

Moscow (3/20). Interior of St. Basil’s Cathedral.The original building, known as Trinity Church and later Trinity Cathedral, contained eight side churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession; the tenth church was erected in 1588 over the grave of venerated local Saint Vasily (Basil). (47 pictures)

Moscow (2/20). The unknown side of St. Basil’s Cathedral

Moscow (1/20). Saint Basil’s Cathedral (Собор Василия Блаженного). It was built from Ivan the Terrible on 1555–61.

Worker bee…

Fighting to save a bookstore…

Correfoc… Fire in my neighborhood…